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Take Action: Rename Street Outside Former Iranian Embassy
Advocacy, All News & Press Releases
Cliquez ici pour le français Nov. 18, 2022 OTTAWA—B'nai Brith Canada is launching a petition requesting that the City of Ottawa rename a section of Metcalfe Street after Mahsa Amini. The block in question is adjacent to a significant property owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran, which previously served as the country's embassy. In …
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Quelques jours après l'attentat du Texas, des manifestants vont demander la libération des terroristes tueurs de juifs
Click Here for English Version Le 19 janvier 2022 VANCOUVER et MONTRÉAL – B'nai Brith Canada est troublé par le fait qu'une semaine seulement après la prise d'otages dans une synagogue du Texas par un homme armé dans le but de faire libérer un terroriste de prison aux États-Unis, des rassemblements sont prévus dans deux …
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Warning: Graphic and Violent Events Discussed OTTAWA – Calls to rape Jewish women. Rocks thrown at peaceful protesters. Nazi emblems in our streets. From coast to coast, Canada's Jewish community came under assault on multiple fronts throughout the month of May, 2021. And we're talking about unprecedented ways. B'nai Brith Canada's staffers were overwhelmed by …
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The CJN: Safety first, COVID later at rallies, Toronto police say
Advocacy, In the media
The Canadian Jewish News just wrote about our efforts to demand equal enforcement of the law with regards to COVID-19 restrictions and anti-Israel events. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
Jerusalem Post: Hate crime complaint against pro-Palestinian protesters in Winnipeg
The Jerusalem Post just covered our complaint against the hateful conduct of anti-Israel demonstrators in Winnipeg. CLICK HERE to read the article.
Winnipeg Anti-Israel Protesters: "Get Lost, You Son of a Jew!"
May 28, 2021 WINNIPEG – B'nai Brith Canada is seeking hate-crimes charges and a political response to a video showing protesters in Winnipeg playing an antisemitic song composed by a band linked to the Hamas terrorist group. To watch a video of the incident, CLICK HERE On May 15, hundreds of people joined an anti-Israel …
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Toronto Fails to Act Against Antisemitism Yet Again
May 25, 2021 TORONTO – For the third week in a row, antisemitism and support for terrorism were on display Saturday at a massive protest in downtown Toronto. Over a thousand anti-Israel demonstrators marched from Yonge-Dundas Square to the Israeli consulate at Yonge and Bloor, shouting repeatedly for an "intifada." In the Israeli-Palestinian context, an intifada means a …
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May 16, 2021 TORONTO – Saturday, antisemitic violence erupted at a protest organized by Palestinian activists at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto. Shocking video and eyewitness accounts confirm that a group of protestors bearing a Palestinian flag swarmed and brutally assaulted a small number of pro-Israel demonstrators. Vicious, antisemitic statements were voiced by the …
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Toronto Sun: WARMINGTON: B'nai Brith questions why some protesters not ticketed
May 13, 2021 The Toronto Sun's Joe Warmington just wrote an in-depth piece on the questions we raised about inconsistent enforcement of the law in several parts of Canada when it comes to ant-Israel events. CLICK HERE to read the piece.
B'nai Brith Demands Equal Enforcement of the Law
May 12, 2021 TORONTO & VANCOUVER – B'nai Brith Canada is calling for public health orders to be enforced consistently as illegal mass gatherings are being planned across the country in opposition to the Jewish State. On Monday, more than 100 individuals, many not wearing masks, crowded onto the pavement in downtown Toronto, calling for the destruction of …
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Starting at the beginning of May, Canadians are being asked to complete the 2016 Census. And there is good news for businesses, consumers and citizens alike.
As you'll recall for the 2011 Census, the mandatory long-form census was replaced by a voluntary survey. This move resulted in a non-response bias that meant a lot of small-area data for 2011 could not be released—including data on income, education, labour force activity and special populations like immigrants and aboriginal peoples. The loss of the long-form census was a significant blow to policy makers, researchers, data scientists and marketing professionals.
But today we can breathe a sigh of relief because the mandatory long-form census is back, and the complexity of the Canadian population will once again be documented in a comprehensive and statistically sound way. Support for the restoration of a "proper" census came from all corners of Canadian society and has reinforced the fact that the Census of Canada is a national treasure to be protected and supported.
#1 – Key metrics like market share and untapped potential use census-based data to benchmark an organization's users against total population.
#2 – Census-derived demographics are used to weight surveys to make them applicable to the general population—and more actionable.
#3 – Segments derived from small-area census data are used by marketers to link disparate data sources together—connecting demographics to lifestyle and media preferences and thereby helping marketers get the right message to the right people using their preferred media.
#4 – Census data for neighbourhoods can help harness unstructured data from digital and social media. This allows marketers to link internal offline data to online sources-–getting closer to a single view of the customer.
#5 – Using census-derived data to leverage existing surveys and administrative databases results in businesses asking consumers fewer questions. Businesses don't have to collect data if it already exists in another form—and consumers benefit.
Because of these and many other reasons, I urge you to fill out the Census—whether you get the short or long form. Please encourage your colleagues, friends and family members to be counted as well. The Census is essential to the fundamental operation of the country—from planning the provision of social services to managing economic growth.
We live in a time when busy consumers expect brands to know and connect with them. The resulting good data will also help us be better marketers.
Jan Kestle is President and Founder of Environics Analytics.


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Q&A with Peter Kaldheim
Peter Kaldheim is the author of the new memoir Idiot Wind. He lives in Lindenhurst, New York.
Q: You note that this memoir originated in a long letter you wrote to a friend. At what point did you decide to write the memoir?
A: In April of 1987, after I'd hitchhiked and panhandled my way from the east coast to Portland, Oregon's skid row, I wrote a letter to my good friend Gerry Howard, in which I sketched some of the experiences I'd had while bumming across the country. Gerry, who was (and still is) a book editor in Manhattan, wrote back and said that he'd been very moved by my letter, and he suggested expanding it into a book-length memoir.
However, I resisted following through on Gerry's proposal for many years because I wanted to publish at least one novel before writing a memoir—at least, that's what I told myself at the time, though I would later realize that my procrastination was mainly a result of my reluctance to revisit a time in my life that was fraught with embarrassing behavior. Fifteen years would pass before I finally began to write the first draft of Idiot Wind in 2002.
I was working as a chef at Montana State University at the time, with access to the university's email system, and I began sending Gerry draft chapters of my memoir via email. But a year or so into that first draft, I became disheartened by my inability to develop a voice that suited the material, and I quit writing. Luckily for me, Gerry refused to give up on the project so easily, and over the course of the next dozen years he continued to nudge me to make a fresh attempt at telling my story.
Finally, in November of 2015, a few months after my two younger brothers had passed away from cancer within the space of four days in July, I began writing a completely new draft, and this time I found the voice I'd been looking for all along. To my surprise, the manuscript began to grow at a rate of a chapter per month, and by September 2016, Idiot Wind was a finished book at last.
Q: How was the book's title chosen, and what does it signify to you?
A: I've been a fan of Bob Dylan's music since the sixties, and "Idiot Wind," from his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks, is one of my favorite Dylan tunes. There's a line in the song that goes: "I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are." That line seemed to anticipate my state of mind when I hit the road in 1987 (and, in fact, my Dutch publisher is incorporating that line—in Dutch, of course—into the cover design of the edition they're issuing in 2020.)
The other line in the song that seemed to reflect my personal story goes: "We're idiots, babe/ It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves." Considering the idiotic behavior I engaged in while addicted to cocaine and alcohol, Dylan's song title had a special resonance for me, which is why I chose to borrow it for my memoir. (BTW, Lou Reed—a fellow Long Islander—said "Idiot Wind" was a song he wished he'd written.)
Q: Jay McInerney compared the book to the writing of George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, and Frederick Exley. What do you think of those comparisons?
A: Well, of course, I'm very flattered that he put me in the company of such fine writers. Kerouac's novel, On the Road, and Exley's "fictionalized memoir," A Fan's Notes, are two books I have revered since my youth, and I certainly had them in the back of my mind as I was writing my memoir. Kerouac's open-hearted engagement with the people he encountered on his many cross-country trips was an inspiration to me, and Exley's endearing ability to focus on the comic aspects of his struggles with alcohol and mental illness was a quality I tried to emulate when writing Idiot Wind.
As for George Orwell's memoir about homelessness and poverty in the 1930's, Down and Out in Paris and London, I had never gotten around to reading it until I landed on skid row in Portland, but it was a revelation to me when I did, because it showed me how little the plight of the poor and homeless had changed in the 50 years since Orwell's memoir was published.
Q: What do you hope readers take away from the book?
A: That's a good question, and I'll answer it by quoting a great line from a Henning Mankell novel called Italian Shoes. "It's just as easy to lose your way inside yourself as it is to get lost in the woods or in a city." My hope is that Idiot Wind will foster a greater understanding of the "lost people" who, through bad luck or bad choices, end up sleeping in homeless shelters and eating in soup kitchens.
A: I'm at work on a novel, a magical-realism tale set in southwestern Montana, that tells the story of a young woman named Callie Bergen, who, in a freak accident I've modeled on a real-life incident, gets electrocuted by a dead grizzly bear, and subsequently begins to exhibit bear-like behavior.
It is also the story of Callie's budding love affair with a Japanese foreign exchange student named Yoshi, who has come to Montana to do research on his American literary idol, Richard Brautigan, whose outrageous behavior during his summer sojourns at his cabin on the Yellowstone River became the stuff of local legend. The book will be called Grizzly Girl, and I'm hoping to complete the manuscript sometime in the autumn of 2020.
A: Just this: anyone who enjoys reading Idiot Wind should consider seeking out John Healy's brilliant memoir, The Grass Arena, which details his life as a homeless alcoholic in the public parks of London in the late '70s. Healy's book is available as a Penguin Modern Classic, and it deserves to be more widely read.
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How would the world look like if everyone was able to unfold their true potential?
That is exactly what we want to know.
This is why we founded millionways.
To change our lives and our world.
We believe that individual fulfilment leads to happiness, and the happiness of each individual is the key to a peaceful and more productive society.
The question was: What do people need, to do exactly what they want in their lives and what was holding them back until now.
This was not to be researched theoretically, but practically by listening to the people affected, since this question is as complex as the human himself.
Between 2013 and 2016, millionways became acquainted too ver 6.000 unique, German-speaking people through one-hour telephonic interviews.
The most important finding: Many people do not know their talents and that their skills can be valuable.
Those, who do know about them either never find a way to realize them, or do so only by chance. They are missing contact which help them get a foot in the door and also contact to other people who share their interests and goals.
It also became apparent that most people do not need to realize their passions in their primary job – a project with likeminded people would be sufficient.
millionways connected every interviewed person. This matching combined people with similar goals, but complementary talents. As a result new teams were created on a daily basis, forming meaningful friendships and numerous projects.
These interviews were able to form a database on one hand, and on the other hand a unique know-how about how to bring people together who could create something new.
We call it Potentialism. 2017 will bring the next big step. Stay with us.


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At Sotheby's Constitution auction, a billionaire from the traditional investing world competed with cryptocurrency newcomer ConstitutionDAO
While Mozambique's tuna bond affair is country-specific, its need to borrow is typical for all low income countries.
Similar to the goals expressed by Robinhood, long ago a major Wall Street firm focused on retail investors and also had its IPO.
Looking at the Bulls and the Bears
Looking at the ups and downs of bull and bear markets takes us to the past and present Dow Industrial Average and the S&P 500.
Throwback Thursday: Morgan Stanley, E*Trade, and the 1930s
When it announced its $13 billion deal for E*Trade, Morgan Stanley reminded us of the reason it was created during the 1930s.
The Economic Side of Legal Marijuana
When Massachusetts voters said yes to legal marijuana, they made an economic decision that relates to competition, taxes, and banking.
Banking on Marijuana
Reflected by duffle bags filled with cash, marijuana's financial services problems demonstrate why we need banks and other financial intermediaries.
Six Facts About Marijuana and Money
Looking at marijuana economics, we see a growing industry that is constrained by the clash between federal and state law.
U.S. Steel and Apple: From One Billion to One Trillion
Rather like Apple just became the first trillion dollar corporation, in 1901 U.S. Steel took us past the billion dollar threshold.
The Results of Warren Buffett's Million Dollar Bet
With a Vanguard S&P Index fund competing against a group of hedge funds, a decade-long Warren Buffett bet for $1 million has just ended.
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Located at the intersection of current events, history, and economics, econlife® slices away all of the layers that make economics boring and complex. We like economics and we would like for you to like it too.
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Out With the Old, in With the New—Managing Change From Legacy Software to Cloud Technology
FHI 360, a company that resulted from the merger of AED and Family Health International, is an international nonprofit working to improve the health and well-being of people in the United States and around the world. Following the merger, a need for a centralized, comprehensive technology offering arose. The larger team–based in more than 60 different countries and using a range of legacy software solutions–required a new, increased level of learning and development tools for employees. In addition to being widely dispersed, the employee base had varying levels of software training on a variety of platforms. As the new FHI 360, a goal was made to provide adequate, consistent training across borders to efficiently bring all teams up to speed on the company's chosen software solution—Office 365, including OneDrive, SharePoint and Skype for Business.
The Office 365 enterprise learning and development and change enablement scope involved:
Software training for about 5,500 employees across more than 60 countries
Mass adoption of OneDrive, SharePoint and Skype for Business
Developing a culture of change by moving individuals through Prosci's ADKAR model using Vitalyst's PROPEL methodology
Access to the Help Me kNow Hub, providing users with self-help learning tools, instructional webinars and guided learning
Access to Help Me kNow Reference Guides, providing users with self-help reference guides on getting started with Office 365 workloads and new features
Vitalyst Solutions
FHI 360's transition to Office 365 required a partner that was a global leader in change management and learning and development solutions to improve consumption rates, while providing change enablement services to ensure all employees were on board with the new software programs.
Upon partnering with Vitalyst, FHI 360 had already begun implementing Office 365 and needed support for the unanticipated spike in call volume to the internal help desk. Following positive feedback from employees, the company invested in additional support from Vitalyst, adopting its self-help portal, the Help Me kNow Hub, and Reference Guides during its roll out of additional Microsoft workloads, namely SharePoint and OneDrive. The goal—to prioritize employee training with 24×7 support and initiate programs that provided a deeper understanding of the capabilities of Microsoft's applications to ensure increased productivity and cost savings.
During the first year of FHI 360 and Vitalyst's partnership, consistent feedback and usage analytics were used to solve the issues specific to FHI 360's situation and employee base. In one particular situation, Vitalyst was on-hand to support the company as they maneuvered a corrupted access database. The issue was resolved after hours of back-and-forth, and served as a testament to Vitalyst's attentive, responsive support. Further, Vitalyst's services rendered the following results:
More than 1,500 support calls answered, with over four hours of time savings rendered and more than $140 saved per call
More than 4,000 unique problem solutions provided
A 24-hour problem resolution rate of 91%
A total savings of nearly $235,000 through effective change enablement and adoption
" We recognized, as a company, there was an opportunity for us to prioritize software training for our employees. Not everyone can be an expert in everything, and that's why we partnered with Vitalyst—they fill the gap of expertise and create a plan that is customized to your needs and situations. There has been an overwhelmingly positive response from our staff, and we've seen the efficiencies in cost and productivity enabled by this relationship. "
—Keith Melton, Director of US Operations at FHI 360
By implementing Vitalyst solutions, FHI 360 was able to nearly double the consumption rates of its employees without investing significant resources to hire in-house technology specialists or develop and adopt new training procedures internally. FHI 360 received overwhelming feedback from users to maintain Vitalyst services on an ongoing basis, a critical move forward due to Microsoft's SaaS model for Office 365. Vitalyst will be able to help FHI 360 address all software updates with the same successful approach that was identified through their initial partnership.
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She received her PhD in European history at Queen�s University at Kingston, Canada in 2012. Harris is the author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada. Carolyn Harris won the 2016 award for the best book published in 2015-2016 on the history of monarchy. This award is given by the Royal Studies Network.... The revolutionary movement began in Italy with a local revolution in Sicily in January 1848; and, after the revolution of February 24 in France, the movement extended throughout the whole of Europe with the exception of Russia, Spain, and the Scandinavian countries.
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The World Professional Billiard League's fifth week of action will feature four teams from the North Division and three teams from the South Division. All matches are played at the WPBL Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The week's first match, Thursday June 27th, can be seen live for free at www.wpbltv.com.
Thursday features a re-match of the Chicago Rockets facing off against division rivals the Pittsburgh Poison. The Rockets only winning match this season came last Sunday against the Poison 11-7 based largely off of their individual games. Chicago needs to play strong in order to move up past Pittsburgh in their division. The Poison are 1.4 average match points ahead of the Rockets in the North. Neither team has a player amongst the top ten; while the highest ranked player on either team is Adam Smith, who is in 15th.
Daryl Peach, the 2007 WPA World Nine Ball Champion will see his first action in the WPBL as he substitutes for Poison member Sylver Ochoa. Pittsburgh will play two matches this weekend, then not have another for nearly a month. The Poison have played more matches than any other team this season (7), and will follow Thursday's match with another against the Miami Cruise on Saturday. The team does not compete again until July 28th.
Friday's match will showcase the Minnesota Outlaws taking on the Las Vegas Dice. The Outlaws who are tied with the New York Pride for fourth, sit slightly in front of the Dice who are in sixth in the overall standings. Minnesota has won all three matches this season, although are tied for second place with New York in the North Division. The Las Vegas members have recorded a perfect game this season in team play; however, the Outlaws Hohmann is the highest ranked individual player on either team in 10th place with a player rating of 54.0.
The Miami Cruise who have yet to win a match this season, will play twice this weekend. Corey Deuel's Cruise will take on the Pittsburgh Poison Saturday and the Los Angeles Wave on Sunday. Miami has struggled during their three prior matches, and as a result sit in 12th place in the league.
Second in the overall standings as well as in the South Division, the Los Angeles Wave has started the season with both consistent team and individual play. Winning both of the matches they have played this season, the Wave have their eye on league and division leaders the Phoenix Fire. Both Louis Ulrich (6th) and Ernesto Dominguez (9th) rank among the league's top ten players in the individual standings, while the team's captain Oscar Dominguez is ranked 13th.
The Philadelphia Aces play one match against division adversary the Minnesota Outlaws on Sunday. Philadelphia finds themselves in seventh place overall and right behind Minnesota in their division. Aces captain Darren Appleton is the highest rated individual player in the league with a 76.8 player rating, 4.4 points ahead of the second ranked player Tommy Kennedy of the Phoenix Fire. A strong win in this match-up by either team, could determine the division leader at weeks end.


Melt butter in a large skillet on medium heat. Add olive oil, garlic, and wine. Add prawns and saute until just firm and slightly pink. Squeeze lemon over and serve. Great with rice or crusty French bread.
This recipe from the International Garlic Festival Cookbook.


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Leadership & advisors
ZedanMorgan Capital is led by experienced investment and growth-stage operations professionals. We have assembled an advisory board that includes distinguished pharmaceutical industry experts with deep experience in drug development, regulatory affairs, and commercialization. We are further supported by an extensive network of life science industry leaders and experts.
Amr F. Zedan
Founder, Managing Partner & Chairman
Amr F. Zedan has served as Chairman of The Zedan Group since 2000. He has transformed the enterprise from a small Saudi Arabia-based engineering consultancy into a preeminent international consortium of exemplary companies spanning the energy, infrastructure, real estate, aviation and digital transformation sectors. Zedan Group has partnered with many global firms operating in Saudi Arabia and has become a strategic partner for energy sector stakeholders and has a substantial role in all aspects of the Kingdom's energy, infrastructure and economic diversification initiatives as outlined in Saudi Vision 2030.
Outside of his work with Zedan Group, Amr is an international investor and venture capitalist focusing on the energy, healthcare and technology sectors. Amr is Chairman of the Saudi Polo Federation, a governmental body that develops and promotes the sport in Saudi Arabia. Amr leverages polo as a cultural, business, and diplomatic tool to further enhance international bridges in line with Saudi Vision 2030. Amr also serves as patron and player for the Zedan Polo team and is the owner of USA-based Zedan Racing Stables.
Hoyt D. Morgan
Founder, Managing Partner & CEO
Hoyt brings more than two decades of successful business leadership: strategy, operations, private equity/investment, deal making, relationship building, data & analytics, management and team-building experience. He has a strong track record of value creation and value realization in his companies. Prior to ZedanMorgan, Hoyt was Vice President of Operations and on the Board of Directors at Accion Systems, a space technology company developing the next generation of in-space propulsion systems. Accion was majority acquired by Tracker Capital (the venture arm of Cerberus Capital). Hoyt was also CoFounder & CEO at Neuro Motor Innovations (a medical/neuroscience technology company acquired by Mindmaze SA) and CoFounder and CEO at Nito (a face tracking & animation technology company acquired by Verizon Media).
Hoyt graduated from Duke University with degrees in Economics and Management Sciences, and completed an International Business Program with American University in Washington, DC.
Mutaz Maroun
Principal, Investor Relations
Mutaz Maroun is an entrepreneur with a particular focus on emerging trends in healthcare. He is the founder of DocJo and Carers, two early-stage health-tech startups based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Prior to founding these ventures, Mutaz had an accomplished career in the retail and industrial sectors, holding a range of senior roles across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. He consistently identified growth opportunities, implemented strategies to exploit them, and integrated and motivated diverse business units across functions and geographies.
Mutaz holds an MA in International Relations from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs with a concentration in Global Markets and the Middle East. Mutaz earned a BSc in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises from Syracuse University. He has also completed the University of Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme.
Robert R. Ruffolo, Jr.
Ph.D, D.Sc. (h.c.), D.Eng. (h.c.), F.C.P.P., F.ASPET.
Dr. Ruffolo is currently the Chairman of Aragen Biosciences, Inc. and Managing Director of Ruffolo Consulting, LLC, a consulting company for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He is the retired President of Research and Development for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Corporate Senior Vice President of the Wyeth Corporation (now Pfizer). In that role, he managed an R&D organization of 9,000 scientists with an annual budget in excess of $5 billion. Prior to joining Wyeth, Dr. Ruffolo spent 17 years at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (now GlaxoSmithKline) where he was Senior Vice President and Director of Drug Discovery Research Worldwide with responsibility for approximately 1,700 scientists and an annual budget in excess of $1.2 billion. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President of Biological Sciences, Worldwide and responsible for a staff of approximately 500 scientists and an annual budget in excess of $500 million. Before joining SmithKline Beecham, Dr. Ruffolo spent 6 years at Lilly Research Laboratories where he rose to the level of Chairman of the Cardiovascular Research Committee.
Dr. Ruffolo has authored approximately 500 full-length publications and has edited 15 books. In addition to being a member of the ZedanMorgan Advisory Board, Dr. Ruffolo is a consultant to the investment bank that sources opportunities for the Fund.
Gary Stiles
Gary L. Stiles, MD is a widely published doctor and pharmaceutical executive who has served on several corporate, academic and scientific advisory boards. He was most recently at Purdue Pharma as Head of Research and Development and Senior Vice-President, where he was responsible for all research including discovery, preclinical, formulations, analytics and toxicology, and all clinical development from IND submission through Phase 4 as well as medical support for marketed products. Prior to Purdue, Gary was Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals where he was responsible for all clinical development from phase 1 through phase 4 and medical market support worldwide. Dr Stiles was also the global medical voice for Wyeth.
Prior to his corporate career, Gary had a distinguished career at Duke University. He was trained as a cardiologist and medical researcher at Duke and then joined the faculty where he ran his molecular biochemistry laboratory and became Chief of Cardiology and then Chief Medical Officer for the $2 billion Duke University Health System. Duke honored him with an endowed chair – the Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Research – for his work on the molecular understanding of cellular signal transduction. During his tenure at Duke Gary served as a medical consultant to the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia and made several trips to the Kingdom to provide medical care.
Simon Evans
Simon qualified as a barrister in England and Wales in 1981 and has since held senior executive roles at several major financial institutions including HSBC, JP Morgan, Citibank and Goldman Sachs. Simon has been living and working for extended periods in the Middle East, London, Hong Kong and Zurich where he was responsible for advising many leading Asian and Middle Eastern family-held companies and both single- and multi-family offices. After spending his early career living in the Gulf region (Bahrain and Qatar) he has spent most of the latter part of his career visiting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE and advising single- and multi-family offices.
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5 Reasons Why Now is the Time to Visit Latin America
#4 might be the best reason yet.
Discover cultural traditions as you explore Cusco.
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As social networks become global and ease of travel to far-flung destinations grows easier, the world seems to grow ever smaller. One of the regions that has seen an uptick in travelers from the United States is Latin America -- and with good reason. It seems all signs point to now being the perfect time to plan a trip to the region.
But why is travel to the area is hitting such a crescendo? According to Diana Plazas, Vice President of Brand, Marketing and Digital for Marriott International, Caribbean and Latin America, the answer is expansive.
Feel the vibrant energy of Mexico City.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
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"We have incredible UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a huge diversity of cultures and cuisines, and some of the most breathtaking landscapes," Plazas explains. "For people seeking meaningful, resonating travel, this is the region to go to, and with the current strength of the US dollar, now is the time to do it."
Before you plan your 2017 travels, check out our top five reasons why a trip to Latin America is a must.
1. Save With a Strong Dollar
If you've been itching to travel to South America but hesitate to plan an overseas trip and face the subsequent costs, it's time to reconsider your position. The dollar gained substantial strength over a number of Latin American currencies in the last few years, making travel to the region more affordable than ever. For instance, travelers to Argentina will save upwards of 20 percent compared to prices from two years ago. That translates to a whole lotta steak and Malbec.
Chile is a nation filled with unique local heritage and sweeping natural beauty.
2. Experiential Travel & Access to Ancient Heritage
Blazing the way of travel trends, experiential travel has become increasingly important to today's travelers, especially millennials. The wealth of heritage and culture found throughout Latin America is staggering and the hands-on cultural experiences available to travelers seem endless.
"From wine tasting in Santiago de Chile to museum hopping in Bogota, Colombia to lounging on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, this is a region that offers fascinating experiences for every kind of traveler," says Plazas.
On your Latin American vacation, it's even possible to visit local weaving cooperatives in Peru, tour the favelas of Brazil, or climb ancient pyramids in Mexico -- wherever your interests lie.
One of Rio de Janeiro's most iconic sights in the Christ the Redeemer statue.
3. It's a Foodie Paradise
If dining on local cuisine and experiencing cutting-edge international food trends is a priority when you travel, Latin America won't leave you disappointed. Some of the most interesting grub on the planet is found in cities across South and Central America.
Cut into a juicy steak and polish off a glass of malbec in Buenos Aires, or explore the city's trendy Villa Crespo neighborhood where design and food go hand-in-hand. Looking to experience the traditional flavors of Peru along with fare from some of the world's most acclaimed chefs? Look no further than Lima. And thanks to its proximity to the Amazon, Andes and both Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, Bogota, Colombia chefs are creating otherworldly dishes in the midst of a flourishing dining scene.
Visitors to Peru must make a journey to Machu Picchu.
4. Winter is Coming (in the Northern Hemisphere)
When temperatures dip in the Northern Hemisphere, they rise in the Southern, making South America a prime destination for travelers escaping a chilly winter. Of course, temperatures in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean typically remain temperate, but if you're pondering a warm escape South of the Equator, this is the season to travel.
5. Discount Airlines Abound
Thanks to the recent decision of low-cost airlines, like Spirit and Jetblue, to expand their offering of flights throughout South America, travel to Latin America has grown increasingly more affordable. Plus, once you find yourself in a region like South America, local discount air carriers, like Aerolineas Argentina and Brazil's TAM offer cheap fares within their respective countries.
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The United States Space Agency (NASA) offered a rare image of the Earth during the rotation of the International Space Station (ISS) over 250 miles above Australia.
An astronaut aboard the space station photographed the picture on Oct. 7 and was published by NASA on its website last Tuesday.
The picture shows a rare phenomenon known as "air flare", a common line of light stretching from 50 to 400 miles in the atmosphere.
This phenomenon usually occurs when particles (mostly nitrogen and oxygen) are activated by ultraviolet rays from the sun's rays to release that energy. At the same time, atoms collide with the lower atmosphere and lose energy when the collision results in an "air flare".
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The children played on in the garden, and the youngest had the golden star on his breast, which the tree had worn on the happiest evening of its life ; and now that was past — and the tree had passed away — and the story too, all ended and done with.
And that's the way with all stories!
Here our Danish Author ends. This is what people call Sentiment, and I hope you enjoy it!


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